The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
A Serious Challenge For Planning
Measure 37 -- Oregon's new property-rights law -- is inspiring property rights advocates nationwide.
Portable Houses Of Steel
Environmentally-friendly, modernist-designed pre-fab housing is growing in popularity.
A Deliberate Plan To Create Confusion About Global Warming?
Interviews with representives from Greenpeace and the Sierra Club, and two Arctic explorers who report on their expedition to find the impact of global warming.
The Next Generation Of Factory Built Homes
Factory-built houses are increasingly popular as an inexpensive solution to affordable housing.
The Grand Experiment Of Heliopolis
Heliopolis was built in 1905 in the middle of the desert, 10 miles from Cairo, as the living image of the contemporary European ideal of a garden city.
From Urban Decay To Urban Renaissance
Los Angeles is undergoing a rapid physical and social transformation.
Juneau's Economy Stagnates
Alaska's capital is losing young people to Anchorage and Fairbanks, at the cost of jobs and city growth.
Revitalization Versus Downtown SROs
Sacramento officials are looking into alternatives to condemning several downtown single-occupancy hotels, a move some homeless advocates say will create even more problems.
A Profile Of The Planning Center
The California-based firm celebrates its 30th anniversary. Its growth has coincided with the formative years of the planning profession.
Baltimore Plans Major Bus Route Changes
Several public hearings are planned to discuss the proposed changes to the MTA routes.
New Super-Shopping Center Breathes Life Into Madison
The small Mississippi town is beneffiting from a unique business approach.
Monument Mori
Rethinking death and the city.
Alexandria,VA, Offers Free Outdoor WiFi Access
Is free wireless internet access a useful amenity that a city can provide, or does it only cater to "very affluent techno elites?"
Interview With CA's HCD Director
The director for Housing and Community Delevopment talks about everything from population growth to housing.
Friday Funny: Planners In A Fistfight
Who said urban planning isn't a contact sport?
Is It Cheaper To Lease Cars For Transit Riders?
How does the cost of new rail systems compare to leasing riders luxury SUVs instead?
Young Families Are Reinvigorating Older Suburbs
Inner-ring suburbs make a comeback.
Charlotte Bidding On NASCAR Museum
City officials are making a strong case for NASCAR to build its Hall of Fame museum in Charlotte, instead of Atlanta or Kansas City.
A 'Must-Have Accessory' For Urban SUVs
Spray-on mud helps urban drivers give the impression that they have been driving through rugged wilderness in their luxury SUV.
Most Expensive Places To Drive
Sperling's Best Places examines 84 major cities to determine the ten most expensive places to drive.
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City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
